We decided to go camping for the September long weekend and of course to celebrate Dan’s birthday. We also wanted to try out camping with Hanna and we decided to rent a motor home for the weekend. We packed everything up and headed off to Kikomun Provincial Park on Friday. Its located just west of Fernie and south off the highway. It’s a beautiful area and I highly recommend it for camping excursions. There were two small lakes near our campground but we also found out there is a larger lake system (similar to the Shuswap) called Kookanusa Lake.
We had a great weekend, visited a nearby farmers market, Hanna and Dan did some swimming, we went on walks and played lots of UNO. Dan had a fine accomplishment one night with a one match fire, I was very impressed.
Hanna had other plans for the wood he had cut up for the fire.
Sunday was Dan’s birthday and we had a special surprise. My mom drove out from Castlegar for lunch and to visit and she brought him a yummy birthday cake for dessert. Dan was really surprised. I thought he would start getting suspicious as I kept checking my cell phone to see if she had called and was watching the road most of the morning.
We went for a walk after lunch to a small lake that was home to a number of painted turtles. We walked around the lake and tried not to disturb them as the bathed in the sun.
Mom stayed for the afternoon and we played more cards and just laughed and had a great time. On Monday we took our time driving home. We had a great time and renting the motor home was a great idea, it was a lot of fun.